MPs to investigate controversial three-parent IVF technique

23 October 2014 ITV onlineYesterday, a committee of MPs looked at whether the UK should become the first country in the world to legalise an IVF technique that was developed by the teams of professors Doug Turnbull and Mary Herbert.

published on: 23rd October 2014

Walking pattern offers clues to speed of brain decline

22 October 2014 Daily TelegraphSubtle changes in the walking pattern of Parkinson’s patients could predict their rate of cognitive decline, according to a study led by Lynn Rochester, Professor of Human Movement Science.

published on: 22nd October 2014

Parents call on MPs to back technique to end agony of rare childhood disease

22 October 2014 The GuardianParliament to decide this week whether to back the IVF procedure, developed by Professor Turnbull and his team at Newcastle University.

published on: 22nd October 2014

North professor study with insects honour is a world first

22 October 2014 The JournalProfessor Angharad Gatehouse has become the first woman ever to receive the world's top honour for insect research.

published on: 22nd October 2014

New ways are the key

22 October 2014 The Journal, Top 200 supplementProfessor John Wilson writes about compiling a list of the top 200 businesses in the North East.

published on: 22nd October 2014

Afternoon Edition

21 October 2014 BBC Radio 5The Commons Science and Technology Committee will be hearing evidence later this week about the IVF treatment preventing mitochondrial disease, which was pioneered at Newcastle University. Professor Doug Turnbull is a part of a panel of guests discussing the technique. (Clips starts at 39 minutes.)

published on: 21st October 2014

We need a completely new approach to caring for older people

21 October 2014 The Independent An article by Carol Jagger, Professor of Epidemiology of Ageing, about the need to rethink the structure of how we care for the older people in our society.